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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
winter, be devoted to a table, compiled 
from your correspondence and other 
sources of information, of the latest ap- 
pearances of Lepidoptera in this extra- 
ordinary season. I have not thought of 
hybernating yet ; every wet or damp 
evening amply rewards me for a visit to 
the lamps. — J. F. M. 
How to search the Ivy . — The following 
hint may be useful to some of your 
readers, as indiscriminate beating of the 
ivy produces dead leaves, ivy blossoms 
and earwigs in abundance, but no moths. 
The plan I recommend is to fasten your 
lantern to the top of a stick, and, a little 
below the lantern, a small ring-net, 
shaped to fit in closely to a spray: with 
this you can examine every blossom 
singly, and, with a walking-stick in your 
other hand, gently knock into the net 
any moth you see. I intend to try the 
same plan for the sallows in the spring; 
but no doubt, if one can get a companion, 
the sheet and great stick will be found 
to answer better. — Devoniensis. 
Duplicate Lepidoptera. — I have dupli- 
cates of those numbered in the ‘ Manual,’ 
12, 33, 34, 54, 65, 145, 179, 184, 185, 
189, 208, 239, 240, 262, 297, 304, 307, 
312, 338, 340, 342, 360, 369, 370, 373, 
376. 410,412,416,418,432,485. I shall 
be glad to send these to any one who 
will send a box with the return postage, 
or T will exchange for any of the fol- 
lowing desiderata : — 5, 50, 73 (pupa), 
86 (pupa), 138, 172, 177, 218, 254, 264, 
296, 303, 306, 318, 330, 336, 337, 368, 
379, 380, 383, 403, 417, 423, 454, 461, 
462, 472, 473, 479, 496. As my slock 
of duplicates of some species is limited, 
I will thank correspondents to write be- 
fore sending boxes. — John Porter, jun., 
8, East Street, Lewes ; Dec. 11. 
Duplicate Lepidoptera. — I have dupli- 
cates of the following, which I shall be 
happy to exchange for almost any nor- 
thern or local species, if good : — 
Papilio Macbaon (bred) and pupa of, 
Golias i I yule, 
Thecla Quercus, 
Polyommatus Alsus, 
„ -‘Eg 00 , 
Argynnis Euphrosyne, 
Arge Galathea, 
Trochilium Tipuliformis, 
„ Myopaeformis, 
iEgeria Apiformis (pupa of), 
Macroglossa Stellataruin (bred), 
Choerocampa Elpenor (pupa of), 
„ Porcellus „ 
Anthrocera Filipeudulte, 
Nudaria Mundana, 
Callimorpha Dominula (bred), 
Orgyia Coenosa (bred), 
Eriogaster Lanestris (pupa of), 
Hepialus Heel us, 
Acronycta Ligustri, 
Simyra Veuosa (pupa of), 
Leucania Obsoleta, 
Xylophasia Hepatica, 
Rusina Tenebrosa, 
Noctua Baja, 
„ Festiva, 
„ Brunnea, 
„ C-nigrum, 
Aplecta Nebulosa, 
„ Herbida, 
Enplexia Lucipara. 
Applicants had better send lists of their 
duplicates and what they want in return. 
As I shall send none but good specimens, 
I shall expect none but good ones in 
return. — W. Farren, jun., King’s Old 
Gateway, Cambridge ; Dec. 13. 
Captures of Lepidoptera. — During 
the past season I have taken the fol- 
lowing : — 
Golias Hyale, 
Polyommatus Gorydon, 
Argynnis Euphrosyne, 
„ Papina, 
A pa tu ra Iris, 
Vanessa Polyehloros, 
Sphinx Convolvuli, 
„ Ligustri, 
Choerocampa Elpenor, 
Psilura Monacha, 
Thyatira Derasa, 
